From: Michael Matessa <mm4b+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: Starchart/Star Database (where can I get one?)
Date: Sun,  4 Aug 1996 23:31:31 -0400

>I am serching for starcharts/databases that can allow me to construct
>an accurate 3D starfield of the Milky Way Galaxy, at least in the
>vicinity of the Solar System.
>
>Where may I find such data?

Check out http://www.clark.net/pub/nyrath/starmap.html

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Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Catalogue of galaxies
From: william.hamblen@nashville.com (William Hamblen)
Date: 5 Aug 96 01:01:00 

  afw@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de,
  In a message on 5 August, wrote :

AF> I am searching for a comprehensive catalogue on galaxies, for I would
AF> like to plot them in 3D using Maple V - a computer algebra
AF> system. I have found a catalogue on a CD-ROM, but it contains
AF> 'only' around 8.600 entries.
AF>
AF> The catalogue should have the following data:
AF>
AF>   - right ascension (hrs, min, sec)
AF>   - declination (degrees, min, sec)
AF>   - radial velocity
AF>
AF> I have calculated some plots using the above mentioned catalogue,
AF> but it it does not show much structure. However, I have published
AF> the results in a WWW page:
AF>
AF>    http://www-users.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/~afw/mpluniv.html
AF>
AF> If you know of a more complete database, please send me an
AF> E-mail:
AF>
AF>    afw@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
AF>
AF> In case you already have got the database, I would be very happy
AF> if you would send it to me (plain text or UUencoded).

Willmann-Bell, Inc., P. O. Box 35025, Richmond, VA 23235 USA, (804)
320-320-7016 voice and (804) 272-5920 fax, has a number of galaxy
catalogues, including the 1990 Harvard-Smithsonian Red Shift Catalogue,
in machine readable form on their HyperSky CD-ROM.

...
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From: dreissBLOOP@bloop.earthlink.net (David Reiss)
Newsgroups: sci.math.num-analysis
Subject: Re: Standard Atmosphere, Excel function
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:30:49 -0500

In article <36482365.5577@swipnet.se>, svenake.aviocomp@swipnet.se wrote:

> I'm working with aircraft maintenance and I need a good enough, not
> necessarily scientificly correct, formulae to demonstrate the relations
> between Altitude, pressure, temp and velocity of sound.

[deletia -- djr]

The folowing URL may help:

http://www.pdas.com/atmos.htm

Also, it is relatively easy to code up the 1976 US standard 
atmosphere (properties of which can be obtained from the URL above
or from the US Government printing office book that explains
the 1976 US standard  atmosphere.

--David

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